LA- The Actual Workplace Flashcards
- includes all rules of law governing the conditions under which persons may work under the control of others called an employer
- relevant concepts: labor standards and labor relations law
labor law
persons may work under the control of others called an ____
employer
relevant concepts under labor law:
- labor standards
- labor relations law
the two concepts of labor law governs
- work hours
- weekly rest periods
- minimum wage rates
- unfair labor practices
- strikes and lockouts
- prescribe the terms and conditions of employment
- affects monetary benefits and occupational health, safety, and welfare of the workers
labor standards
minimum requirements prescribed by existing laws
labor standards
relates to monetary and welfare benefits
labor standards
labor standards relates to monetary and welfare benefits
- wages
- work hours
- cost of living
- allowance
- occupational, safety, and health standards
deals with minimum terms & conditions that an employee is entitled to and that an employee is obliged to give to employees
labor standards
used to denote all matters arising out of an employer- employee relationship involving collective bargaining agreement and negotiation process
labor relations
labor relations are used to denote all matters arising out of an employer- employee relationship involving (2)
- collective bargaining agreement
- negotiation process
its legal provisions deal with employees organizing unions and how through unions, employees are able to have collective bargaining
labor relations
the rules and regulation under labor relations include
- promote right of employees
- penalize unfair labor practice
- provide modes of settlement of labor disputes
labor standards and labor relations are not mutually exclusive but __.
complementary
- organized by labor unions
- occurs spontaneously or as a protest
strikes
- company prevents employees from working as a form of protest
- used as means of forcing employees to accept certain demands
lockouts
five (5) classifications of labor laws
- protective legislation
- welfare/ social legislation
- diplomatic legislation
- administrative legislation
- labor relations legislation
designed to protect the weaker party to the employment contract
- anti-sexual harassment laws, child labor, protect women against discrimination
protective legislation
- remove/ reduce the insecurity of workers while at work due to hazards arising from employment
- sss, gsis, philhealth, workmen’s compensation act
welfare/ social legislation
- settle labor disputes through pacific modes
- laws providing for conciliation, mediation, grievance machinery, arbitration
diplomatic legislation